Last Thursday (07/07), the creators of Scream 5 announced the film’s completion with a glimpse of its title-card sequence, captured inside the Los Angeles offices of Formosa Group. And, as expected with anything involving this ultra-guarded production, a single screenshot was enough to send fans mentally fast-forwarding to January 14th, 2022.
Today, veteran sound mixer Greg P. Russell reignited the conversation by sharing new behind-the-scenes frames from the film’s audio post-production.
A chilling frame — and a familiar mask
Among the images, one instantly stood out: a cold, bluish shot of Ghost Face in full silhouette, once again confirming the use of the EU-stamped masks. Naturally, magnifying glasses across the fandom were immediately deployed — scanning every pixel of that frame, and of the others in the background, in search of clues.
And the details did not disappoint.
Fans quickly noticed that the production is using the same typeface featured in end credits throughout the entire saga — and famously used in the opening of the original 1996 film — FF Confidential Std.
Running time? Not so fast…
Some eagle-eyed viewers believed they had cracked the film’s runtime based on a visible timestamp. But, as our friends at Scream-Thrillogy reminded everyone:
“Time stamp in an edit is usually the time of day the footage was either shot or edited. Not always indicative of running time”.
A classic case of trust nothing until it’s official.
A mysterious neck in the mix
Another partially shown image revealed the back of a woman’s neck, framed by brunette hair — a detail vague enough to fuel endless speculation. It could belong to any of the actresses, with the exceptions of Sonia Ben Ammar (pink streaks), Jasmin Savoy Brown (curly hair), and Marley Shelton (blonde).
Celebrating the mix
Greg P. Russell, a 17-time Academy Award nominee for sound mixing, celebrated the completion of Scream alongside Karen Baker Landers — the first woman to win two Oscars for Sound Editing — as well as Karen, Peter Staubli, and Chris Smith.
For a franchise built on precision, rhythm, and the razor’s edge of tension, seeing this team behind the console is a promise in itself.
Ghost Face lives — and he sounds spectacular.
